game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
school; school building; schoolhouse
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
place; European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa); plaice
(electrical) earth; ground; earthing; Earth
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress